CS Fire Monitor

CS Fire Monitor is a software solution designed to monitor every single part of your system, including CPU, drives, hardware, bandwidth, software and network.

The application isn't only a full-featured system monitoring utility, but also one that's able to create complete reports on all these tools, along with graphs and detailed statistics.

The interface may seem a bit complicated at first glance and it probably is, but it takes just a minute or two to figure out how to use the program. All the features are nicely organized in tabs, so you have “Monitors”, “Reports”, “Settings” and “Help”.

The “Monitors” section provides an impressive number of subcategories, including bandwidth, CPU, drives, hardware, IP, memory, NetStats, processes, services, software, tasks and templates. Each of these comes with tons of details, so clicking on CPU for instance shows the vendor ID, CPU name, type, family, model, brand, stepping and serial number, current speed and real time speed.

Reports can be generated by category, with a dedicated tool to auto save them in any of the four formats available: HTML, TXT, ASC and CSV.

Another tool that may come in very handy is the so-called “mini monitor” that shows a tiny bar above the System Tray with specific information on CPU speed and usage, available memory and network traffic. Information is updated in real-time, so you can easily keep an eye on your system.

Overall, there's no doubt that CS Fire Monitor is one of the best tools of its kind out there, but some areas simply need to be improved. The interface comes with some options for customizing the appearance, but a more user friendly and eye candy interface is definitely a must.